An adaptation of Dick King-Smith’s 1983 novel The Sheep-Pig, Babe is set in Australia, where a stout little pig (voiced by Christine Cavanaugh) is orphaned after his mother is taken to the slaughterhouse. While stoic farmer Arthur Hoggett (James Cromwell)…
Released in 1953, and directed by the legendary John Ford, Mogambo is often remembered as the film that made Grace Kelly a star. It had all happened quite by accident; Grace took the role only after Gene Tierney was forced…
Shot at the Saenger Theatre in New Orleans, Richard Pryor…Here and Now (1983) has the comic relaxed onstage despite a rowdy crowd. Seven months sober, his prepared material is only part of the show, as he deals with late arrivals…
An unapologetic tearjerker, Song Sung Blue would be unbelievable if it weren’t true. The film is based on a 2008 documentary (available here on YouTube), about a Neil Diamond tribute band from Milwaukee, featuring Mike and Claire Sardina (Hugh Jackman…
1976’s All the President’s Men dramatizes the Watergate scandal that had unfolded just a couple of years before. As with the book of the same name, the film witnesses the events through the eyes of young Washington Post reporters Carl…
Screenwriter John Milius, who penned Apocalypse Now and Red Dawn, among others, made his feature length directorial debut with Dillinger starring Warren Oates in the title role. Released in 1973, American International Pictures hoped to capitalize on the success of…
Blue Moon marks the ninth collaboration between director Richard Linklater and actor Ethan Hawke. Spanning over thirty years, the two have been jointly nominated at the Academy Awards for three. The duo’s familiarity with each other adds an inherent sweetness…
Given his background as a child refugee from Haiti’s brutal Duvalier dictatorship, it’s no surprise that Raoul Peck’s career has a filmmaker has centered on socio-political issues. His latest film, Orwell 2 + 2 = 5 centers on George Orwell,…
Based on the real-life exploits of the so-called Lonely Hearts Club killers Martha Beck and Raymond Fernandez in post war America. Set in Mexico 1949, Deep Crimson is a reworking of The Honeymoon Killers (1970). An examination of greed, violence…
Founded in 1957, Hanna-Barbera became known for several iconic animated series. Debuting in 1960, The Flintstones were one of the most popular, becoming the first with a prime-time slot on television. While the original run ended in 1966, The Flintstones…